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the president continues his latin america trip. >> back to the america's promise alliance summit on high schools dropout rates. scheduled to begin in just a few moments. a number of business leaders, mayors, governors and vice president joe biden addressing the room throughout the day. we will give a five minute warning a few minutes ago. we should be starting our coverage this morning. it will last until about 8:30 a.m. and back at 10 for the vice president's comments, and later the remarks of the governors from virginia, maryland, and the nation's mayors. live coverage on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> again waiting for the start of this forum sponsored by america's promise alliance, and the report on high school dropout rates in public schools. three parts to our coverage today. this first group is supposed to get started momentarily, including speakers from government, education advocacy groups, and business leaders. back at 10:00 when vice president joe biden addresses the group. and again at 12:30 p.m. governors from virginia
the president continues his latin america trip. >> back to the america's promise alliance summit on high schools dropout rates. scheduled to begin in just a few moments. a number of business leaders, mayors, governors and vice president joe biden addressing the room throughout the day. we will give a five minute warning a few minutes ago. we should be starting our coverage this morning. it will last until about 8:30 a.m. and back at 10 for the vice president's comments, and later the...
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that is what america is about. we are a place that believes every child, no matter where they come from, can grow up to be anything they want to. katherine, roberto, or a skinny kid with a funny name candor of to be the united s -- the president of the united states. that is the commitment we make to the next generation. i am confident that if we fix no child left behind come that we continue to reform american education, continue to invest in our children's future, that is the america we will always be. thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [applause] ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama speaking at kenmore middle school in arlington, va., just outside washington, d.c. he told present -- to the vermont he wants all teachers to return in the fall to know that he
that is what america is about. we are a place that believes every child, no matter where they come from, can grow up to be anything they want to. katherine, roberto, or a skinny kid with a funny name candor of to be the united s -- the president of the united states. that is the commitment we make to the next generation. i am confident that if we fix no child left behind come that we continue to reform american education, continue to invest in our children's future, that is the america we will...
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another area: america, we have to get our electric costs under control. part of getting our health care costs under control i means continuing to unlock innovation. the chairman of the judiciary committee has been working on making sure that in the life sciences area america continues to lead in terms of innovation. well, where does that innovation come from in terms of government dollars be leveraged four, five and six times? that comes from investments in n.i.h. unfortunately, the house budget proposal cuts $1.3 billion from n.i.h. funding. well, if you're in stage two or stage three of the next generation cancer development drug, to have those kind of trials cut back, to have that kind of basic research cut back, not only in terms of american economic growth but the personal toll it could take on folks who are desperately waiting for solutions to the disease i believe is again not a good policy choice at this moment. as we move forward as well, we have got to make sure that we outeducate our competitors. no one believes that america's future is going t
another area: america, we have to get our electric costs under control. part of getting our health care costs under control i means continuing to unlock innovation. the chairman of the judiciary committee has been working on making sure that in the life sciences area america continues to lead in terms of innovation. well, where does that innovation come from in terms of government dollars be leveraged four, five and six times? that comes from investments in n.i.h. unfortunately, the house...
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secondly, there's a lot of uncertainty in america. all of our polls show consumers are concerned about their job. ron described this as the blast radius of the recession, like 70% of the people have a friend or family member who have lost a job. so there's this uncertainty of will i still have a job. as a result, they're spending less money. there's also uncertainty over the near term direction of prices. so, you know, why buy today if you think the price is going to go down 5 or 10% in the next year? you might as well just wait a little while, there's no incentive to keep buying. household formation rates have dropped in this recession. some of that's due to the economic problems we have, so you don't have a bunch of new houses, people needing to buy houses, and average income has been flat for over a decade, and what will eventually drive long-term housing prices will be that average incomes go up. if average incomes don't go up, it won't drive housing prices up. now, there are some positives. affordability relative to income is cer
secondly, there's a lot of uncertainty in america. all of our polls show consumers are concerned about their job. ron described this as the blast radius of the recession, like 70% of the people have a friend or family member who have lost a job. so there's this uncertainty of will i still have a job. as a result, they're spending less money. there's also uncertainty over the near term direction of prices. so, you know, why buy today if you think the price is going to go down 5 or 10% in the...
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that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming months to meet this challenge and to renew our commitment to our children and their future by building the education system they desperately need and deserve. thank you so much. i'm now happy to take your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. thanks again for being with us as ranking member said for the fourth time. thanks again for your willingness to work with us in a bipartisan way. and thanks for your testimony. i was pleased to see in your budget elimination of some 13 programs. that's sort of a baby step in the right directi
that work is under way all across america. if we do our part by fixing the law, we can accelerate that progress. the urgency for change has never been greater. the plain fact is that america is stagnating while the rest of the world moves ahead of us. the plain fact is that to lead in a new century we have no choice in this matter but to invest in education. no other issue is more critical to our economy, our future, and our way of life. so i look forward to working with you in the coming...
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we alone valpac one of the direct marketing firms in north america. thank you for this opportunity to testify. ended is a looming crisis. we have been in the business for 42 years. we pioneered the concept of local cooperative direct mail in the united states. valpak is don't buy cox enterprises in atlanta which is one of the largest media conglomerate in the united states. valpak represents direct franchised employees. each year we assist more than 54,000 small businesses from local mom-and-pops to large national companies. today valpak delivers sales to forty million households each month and each year, our familiar blue envelope carries some $20 billion in money-saving offers in five hundred million envelopes. three years ago we opened the $220 million facility in st. petersburg to accommodate our growth for the future. our company has entered the digital space in the on line and mobile cubaning business. this will allow us to reach new customers with product and continue to serve as a leader in the industry. our digital strategy is will complement
we alone valpac one of the direct marketing firms in north america. thank you for this opportunity to testify. ended is a looming crisis. we have been in the business for 42 years. we pioneered the concept of local cooperative direct mail in the united states. valpak is don't buy cox enterprises in atlanta which is one of the largest media conglomerate in the united states. valpak represents direct franchised employees. each year we assist more than 54,000 small businesses from local...
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the author of nine books of which the most recent, "the new road to serfdom a letter of warning to america," here it is right here, if you want to go home with a copy of it signed by the way, you can pick it up right back there. "the new york times" best seller. daniel blogs everyday at www.hannan.co.uk at nursing political and cultural issues. his blog attracts 200,000 hits a week from 80,000 unique users. we are very fortunate to have him with us today. please welcome the member of the european parliament, daniel hannan. [applause] >> think you very much for those generous words and the ladies and gentlemen i tell you it isn't something we are accustomed to as members of the year appeal of parliament. [laughter] we are generally not the most popular people. you don't have to contradict when i say that. i got used to it over the years. maybe it has something to do with the fact that none of you can vote for me. [laughter] you won't find a politician in the united kingdom who is a bigger fan of jeffersonian democracy than me but i suspect in your third president occasionally enjoy being ab
the author of nine books of which the most recent, "the new road to serfdom a letter of warning to america," here it is right here, if you want to go home with a copy of it signed by the way, you can pick it up right back there. "the new york times" best seller. daniel blogs everyday at www.hannan.co.uk at nursing political and cultural issues. his blog attracts 200,000 hits a week from 80,000 unique users. we are very fortunate to have him with us today. please welcome the...
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what does america look like? i believe the best one we can create is one that creates prosperity in this system that allows individuals to work and grow and create jobs at home, not a system full of government spending and waste, bureaucracy, taxation, regulation. i do not think that is the america that we want to build. the idea that we want to go home and attack folks and raise taxes and send more money to washington, that is not going to solve the problem. we have to work toward balancing this budget. host: we are out of time. i know you have already returned to your all of modern to students. can you give our viewers your overriding impression of what it is like to be in the house? guest: is an amazing experience. at the problems that we are facing are very challenging but we have a new group of folks who are very optimistic. i still believe that we can rebuild this country and restore the principles that made us so prosperous and such a beacon of hope around the world. it is very humbling and a job that i be
what does america look like? i believe the best one we can create is one that creates prosperity in this system that allows individuals to work and grow and create jobs at home, not a system full of government spending and waste, bureaucracy, taxation, regulation. i do not think that is the america that we want to build. the idea that we want to go home and attack folks and raise taxes and send more money to washington, that is not going to solve the problem. we have to work toward balancing...
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washington, d.c., united states of america, march 11, 2011. [applause] >> we welcome our other panelists. and we will give each one of them five minutes to address us and after that, we will open the question and answer session. >> thank you very much. i'm very happy to be here today and i have to thank libyan community for supporting us since i came to this country. it is my pleasure to serve you and to know you and to cooperate with you. well, as you know, most of what i want to say has been said already, but i just want to decide on a few points. our main duty now is the no-fly zone because our people are getting killed every day. the regime, the tactics they are using, everything, sky, air, land, ground, and also sea. they are bombing from every side. using every kind of weapon they have in their hands. reason number one. number two, we want recognition of the n.i.c. this is a body which we really want to coordinate on the and to have communication with the international community. the other thing we need is the -- is very important. medic
washington, d.c., united states of america, march 11, 2011. [applause] >> we welcome our other panelists. and we will give each one of them five minutes to address us and after that, we will open the question and answer session. >> thank you very much. i'm very happy to be here today and i have to thank libyan community for supporting us since i came to this country. it is my pleasure to serve you and to know you and to cooperate with you. well, as you know, most of what i want to...
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but keeping america at the forefront of iowa medical research. and because we know there's nothing more important to our future than healthy development of our children, our budget include significant increases in funding for childcare and headstart. science shows that success in school is significantly enhanced a high quality early learning opportunities. these investments are some of the wisest that we can make in her future. our budget does more than provide additional resources. it also aims to raise the bar on quality and childcare programs, supporting key reforms to transform the nation's child care system into one that fosters healthy development, and get children ready for school. proposes a new our e-learning challenge fund, a partnership with the department of education that promotes state innovation in early education. and these initiatives combined with the quality efforts already underway in headstart are an important part of the present education agenda to help every child reach his or hers academic achievement and make art nation m
but keeping america at the forefront of iowa medical research. and because we know there's nothing more important to our future than healthy development of our children, our budget include significant increases in funding for childcare and headstart. science shows that success in school is significantly enhanced a high quality early learning opportunities. these investments are some of the wisest that we can make in her future. our budget does more than provide additional resources. it also...
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this is a great time to start a dialogue about america's future. i believe that we have an extraordinarily fundamental choice to make about the very future of this country. i believe isome ways this ection and the conversation around this election may be as central to our future as the conversations in the 1850's that led to the election of lincoln in 1860. where at a crossroads that we cannot hide from, and in my mind i am later than herman when describing his grandchild. have two grandchildren, and one of the central issues of our dialogue over the next two years is what kind of a country do we want to leave to our children and grandchildren. the turning point was when the ninth circuit court decided in 2002 that it was unconstitutional to say one nation under god as part of the pledge of allegiance in the school. i decided in some ways it w very parallel to lincoln responding to the dread scott decision about slavery. i decided if we now have judges so fundamentally out of touch with america that they have no clue what this country was based on,
this is a great time to start a dialogue about america's future. i believe that we have an extraordinarily fundamental choice to make about the very future of this country. i believe isome ways this ection and the conversation around this election may be as central to our future as the conversations in the 1850's that led to the election of lincoln in 1860. where at a crossroads that we cannot hide from, and in my mind i am later than herman when describing his grandchild. have two...
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my questions really relate to concerns reflected in polling in america. "washington post" said this week in a poll that 2/3 of americans now say that the war in afghanistan is not worth fighting. and i think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting because i do believe it is. but i'd like to give you an opportunity, general, in particular, to state the reasons why you believe it's worth fighting. but also because frankly above your pay grade there have been mixed messages about timetables or drawing down troops and about what our objectives in aven afghanistan should be. so general, we all know that public opinion is very important, that the american people have to remain behind our military and we've seen the consequences when that doesn't happen. but would you please articulate the reasons why it is the fighting in afghanistan and the service of our men and women in uniform is worth fighting? >> again, you come back to two words and those are 9/11. those attacks on 9/11 were planned in afghanistan by al qaeda when it enjoyed a major sanct
my questions really relate to concerns reflected in polling in america. "washington post" said this week in a poll that 2/3 of americans now say that the war in afghanistan is not worth fighting. and i think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting because i do believe it is. but i'd like to give you an opportunity, general, in particular, to state the reasons why you believe it's worth fighting. but also because frankly above your pay grade there have been mixed...
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the plates closed the ocean between europe, africa, and the americas. it opened again to form the atlantic basin. it would make the himalayas look like a small range. there are a lot of these older structures still there. we're no longer an active boundary here. some structures that propagate from the edges of the boundary may concentrate on these older structures. we also have some stress left over from grace years -- glaciers. we have glacier sheets weighing down the continent. with the removal of that, there is a bounce back. that is another potential source of energy for these older structures to reactivate. it is the same basic physics and construct of plate tectonics. the biggest challenge with these eastern and central u.s. earthquakes is that because the cost is not as broken up as it is on the plate boundary, it is older and colder. it rings like a bell. the same breath. in the central or eastern u.s. has a much broader effect than an earthquake out west. when we have reports from an earthquake -- there was a magnitude five in 2008 of the illin
the plates closed the ocean between europe, africa, and the americas. it opened again to form the atlantic basin. it would make the himalayas look like a small range. there are a lot of these older structures still there. we're no longer an active boundary here. some structures that propagate from the edges of the boundary may concentrate on these older structures. we also have some stress left over from grace years -- glaciers. we have glacier sheets weighing down the continent. with the...
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when was the last time we heard of good will toward america? the majority of us have not, and do not expected. some attempt to obscure the fact for novel ways of slicing and dicing the numbers. but the budget request for the international affairs continues to sit back increases of recent years. the cumulative 64 -- $61.4 billion international affairs request is a 42% increase over fiscal year 2008 levels. the increases are more dramatic when we focus on the state department's own salaries and operations. the $12 billion state program request is a 25% increase over 2010 actual levels, and nearly 75% since 2008. there is also the problem of misplaced priorities. the administration should not promos -- propose massive increases in global health and climate change programs while cutting key programs such as the trans-the sahara counter- terrorism partnership and the partnership for regional east africa counter-terrorism, particularly as al qaeda affiliates in africa set their tights -- their sights on american targets, and american citizens are bei
when was the last time we heard of good will toward america? the majority of us have not, and do not expected. some attempt to obscure the fact for novel ways of slicing and dicing the numbers. but the budget request for the international affairs continues to sit back increases of recent years. the cumulative 64 -- $61.4 billion international affairs request is a 42% increase over fiscal year 2008 levels. the increases are more dramatic when we focus on the state department's own salaries and...